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- This invention relates generally to a particle or cell analyzer and method, and more particularly to a particle or cell analyzer and method in which the sample solution containing the particles or cells is drawn through a capillary for presentation to a shaped light beam.
- the detection and analysis of individual particles or cells is important in medical and biological research. It is particularly important to be able to measure characteristics of particles such as concentration, number, viability, identification and size.
- Individual particles or cells as herein defined include, for example, bacteria, viruses, DNA fragments, cells, molecules and constituents of whole blood.
- flow cytometers particles which are either intrinsically fluorescent or are labeled with a fluorescent marker or label, are hydrodynamically focused within a sheath fluid and caused to flow past a beam of radiant energy which excites the particles or labels to cause generation of fluorescent light.
- One or more photodetectors detect the fluorescent light emitted by the particles or labels at selected wavelengths as they flow through the light beam, and generates output signals representative of the particles.
- a photodetector is also used to measure forward scatter of the light to generate signals indicative of the presence and size of all of the particles.
- U.S. Pat. No. 5,547,849 describes a scanning imaging cytometer wherein an unprocessed biological fluid sample is reacted with a fluorescently labeled binding agent. The reacted sample undergoes minimal processing before it is enclosed in a capillary tube of predetermined size. The capillary tube with the enclosed sample is optically scanned and the fluorescent excitation is recorded from a plurality of columnar regions along the capillary tube. Each columnar region is generally defined by the spot size of the excitation beam and the depth dimension of the capillary tube. A spacial filter of sufficient pinhole diameter is selected to allow simultaneous volumetric detection of all fluorescent targets in each columnar region. The cellular components or particles are identified as is their concentration.
- a particle analyzing apparatus which analyzes particles in a sample fluid flowing through a capillary tube which has a suspended sampling end for insertion into a sample fluid, and a pump coupled to the other end for drawing the sample fluid and particles through the capillary.
- An illumination source is provided for projecting a beam of light through a predetermined volume of the capillary to impinge upon the particles that flow through that volume.
- At least one detector is disposed to receive fluorescent light emitted by excited fluorescing particles and provide an output pulse for each fluorescing particle, and another detector senses the passage of all particles which flow through the volume and provides an output signal, whereby the output signals from the detectors can be used to characterize the particles.
- a method of analyzing samples containing particles which includes drawing the sample through a capillary volume where the particles are illuminated by a light source, and scattered light and fluorescent light from labeled particles excited by the light source is detected to provide output signals which are processed to provide an analysis of the sample.
- FIG. 1 schematically shows a particle analyzer in accordance with the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a top plan view showing the optical components shown in FIG. 1 mounted on a support shelf.
- FIG. 3 is a front elevational view partly in section of FIG. 2 .
- FIG. 4 is a side elevational view of the beam-forming optical system.
- FIG. 5 is a top plan view of the beam-forming optical system of FIG. 4 .
- FIG. 6 shows the sample fluid flow and pumping system.
- FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a portion of a capillary used in connection with one embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a portion of a capillary tube used in connection with another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 9 schematically shows a control and data acquisition system associated with the particle analyzer.
- FIG. 10 is a timing and data acquisition diagram illustrating operation of the particle analyzer.
- FIG. 11 is a schematic view of a four-color particle analyzer.
- FIG. 12 schematically illustrates an analyzer having multiple analyzing stations along the capillary tube.
- FIG. 13 shows an impedance detector for detecting particles as they flow past a detection region.
- FIG. 14 schematically shows a circuit suitable for correlating signals from an impedance cell sensor with photomultiplier output signals
- FIG. 15 shows a particle analyzer in accordance with another embodiment of the invention.
- particles means particles or cells, for example, bacteria, viruses, DNA fragments, blood cells, molecules and constituents of whole blood.
- a capillary tube 11 has a suspended end 12 adapted to be immersed into a sample solution 13 retained in a cuvet or vial 14 . It will be apparent that, although a square capillary is illustrated, the capillary may be cylindrical or of other shape, such as a microchannel. Sample fluid is drawn into the end of the capillary as shown by the arrow 16 .
- the fluid or liquid sample is drawn through the capillary by a calibrated pump connected to the other end of the capillary.
- the size or bore of the capillary tube 11 is selected such that the particles 18 are singulated as they pass a viewing or analyzing volume 19 .
- a light source, preferably a laser, 21 emits light 22 of selected wavelength.
- the light is received by an optical focusing system 23 which focuses said light and forms and directs a beam 24 to the capillary where it passes through the analyzing volume 19 .
- the optical focusing system is configured to form a flat, thin rectangular beam which impinges on the capillary tube 11 .
- the thickness of the flat beam and the walls of the capillary define the analyzing volume.
- a beam blocker 26 is positioned to intercept the beam after it passes through the capillary tube 11 .
- Light scattered by a particle that flows through the beam is directed onto a detector 27 by lens 28 .
- the detector provides an output signal such as the one illustrated by the peak 29 , when a particle passes through the beam and scatters the light.
- the size of the peak is dependent upon the size of the particle, and the occurrence of the peak indicates that a particle in the volume 19 (fluorescent or non-fluorescent) has traversed the thin beam of light.
- Another approach is to employ an off-axis detector, such as illustrated in FIG. 15 , to measure the scattered light. In such event, a beam blocker is not required.
- an impedance method of detecting particles is also described below.
- the particles are intrinsically fluorescent, or if the particles have been tagged with a fluorescent dye, they will emit light 31 at a characteristic wavelength as they pass through the volume defined by thin beam of light 24 which excites fluorescence.
- the fluorescent light is detected at an angle with respect to the beam axis so that no direct beam light is detected.
- a collector lens 32 receives the fluorescent light from the particles and focuses it at detectors 36 and 37 .
- slits 33 or 34 oriented in the direction of the thin beam to block any stray light. However, we have found that if the beam is properly focused into a thin flat beam, stray light is not a problem.
- the light impinges onto a dichroic beam splitter 38 which passes light of selected wavelengths through filter 39 to detector 36 , and deflects light of other selected wavelengths through filter 41 to photodetector 37 .
- the dichroic beam splitter reflects light having wavelengths less than 620 nm, and transmits light having a greater wavelength.
- the filters 39 and 41 are selected to pass the wavelengths corresponding to the fluorescence wavelength expected from the fluorescing particles. In one example, the filters 39 and 41 were selected to pass light at 580 nm and 675 nm, respectively. This permitted identification and counting of particles which had been tagged with fluorescent material which emits at these wavelengths in response to the optical beam.
- the outputs of the photodetectors are pulses such as those schematically illustrated at 42 and 43 , FIG. 1 .
- FIGS. 2 and 3 show the components of a particle analyzer in accordance with the above-described embodiment mounted on a support plate 51 .
- the support plate 51 carries an optical block 52 adapted to receive and support the suspended capillary tube 11 .
- Capillary tube 11 includes a hub 53 , FIGS. 3 and 6 , which is received in a well 54 to retain and position the capillary in the optical block.
- the capillary 11 is positioned in the optical block 52 by threading it through a narrow slot (not shown) and held in position by nylon-tipped set screws inserted in threaded holes 56 and 57 . As it is inserted through the block, the capillary tube can be viewed through the viewing port 58 .
- the end of the capillary tube is suspended and extends downwardly for insertion into a vial or cuvet 14 which contains the sample fluid or specimen. It is apparent that the capillary can be positioned and suspended by other supporting arrangements.
- a rotatable vial support member having two arms 59 is rotatably and slidably received by a guide post 60 secured to the base.
- a vial holder 61 is disposed at the end of each arm.
- the support is moved downwardly along the post 60 , rotated to bring a vial under the capillary, and moved upwardly whereby the end of the capillary is immersed in the sample fluid.
- another vial with another sample can be placed in the other holder whereby it can be brought into cooperative relationship with the capillary tip as soon as the analysis of the prior sample has been completed.
- the housing 23 for the laser and optical focusing system which forms the beam 24 is carried on mounting block 62 .
- the optical system is shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 . It receives collimated light 22 from the laser 21 , and generates the light beam 24 , which impinges upon the capillary tube 11 .
- the optical system may include, for example, a first plano-convex lens 63 , a second plano-convex lens 64 and a cylindrical lens 66 .
- the action of the lens assembly is to form a sheet-like thin rectangular beam which in one example was 20 ⁇ m in thickness along the longitudinal direction of the capillary, and 400 ⁇ m broad in the perpendicular direction, whereby a rectangular volume of sample was illuminated.
- the arrows 67 and 68 , FIGS. 4 and 5 show the thin and broad configuration of the beam, respectively.
- the photodetector 27 is mounted on the block 52 and supported axially with respect to the axis of the beam 24 .
- the beam blocker bar 26 is mounted in the block 52 and intercepts and blocks out the direct beam after it passes through the capillary 11 .
- the scattered light which passes around beam-blocking bar 26 is focused onto the detector 27 by a lens 28 .
- the scattered light will provide an output signal for any tagged or untagged particle flowing past the observation volume 19 , thus providing a total particle count.
- the output of the detector is then representative of the passage of a particle or cluster of particles and the size of the particle or cluster of particles. As will be explained below, this, taken together with the fluorescent signal, enables analysis of the sample. If the detector 27 is located off-axis, it will only receive scattered light and there is no need for a beam-blocking bar. Furthermore, this would be less sensitive to stray light in the forward direction which carries broadband laser noise which can mask out low level particle signals.
- the condenser lens 31 is carried by the block 52 .
- the lens 31 receives the fluorescent light and focuses it at the detectors 36 and 37 , which may be photomultipliers, charge-coupled diodes (CCDs), or other photodetectors. More particularly, the fluorescent light from the lens 31 impinges upon a dichroic beam splitter 38 which splits the beam into two wavelengths, one which passes through the beam splitter and one which is deflected by the dichroic beam splitter 38 .
- Filters 39 and 41 filter the transmitted and reflected light to pass only light at the wavelength of the fluorescence of the particles to reject light at other wavelengths. If slits 33 and 34 are present, they reject any stray light from regions outside of the volume 19 defined by the thin rectangular beam 24 . However, as discussed above, slits may not be required because the effect of stray light is minimized.
- the photo-multipliers or other photodetectors each provide an output signal representing the intensity of light at the filtered wavelength. As described above, the dichroic beam splitter reflects light having wavelengths less than 620 nm, and transmits light having greater wavelengths.
- the filter 39 passes light at 580 nm, while the filter 41 passes light at 675 nm.
- the output of the photo-multipliers are pulses 42 and 43 , one for each particle emitting light at the particular wavelength, such as those schematically illustrated in FIG. 1 . It is apparent that the wavelengths selected for the filters depends upon the fluorescent wavelength of the marker or label affixed to the particles.
- the volume of fluid In order to identify and count the particles in the fluid in a volumetric manner, the volume of fluid must be correlated with the number of particles detected in a given volume.
- the fluid sample is drawn through the capillary tube at a constant rate by an electrically operated calibrated pump or syringe 71 , FIG. 6 .
- the pump may be any other type of pump which can draw known volume samples through the capillary.
- the pump is connected to the capillary tube by a conduit or tube 72 . This permits changing capillaries 11 to substitute a clean capillary or a capillary having a different diameter which may be needed for various types and sizes of particles or cells.
- the pump comprises a syringe pump in which sample fluid is drawn into the capillary by moving the plunger 73 .
- the pump 71 is also connected to a waste or drain conduit 74 which includes a valve 76 .
- the valve When the valve is closed, the pump draws sample from the vial or cuvet through the capillary tube 11 past the detection volume 19 .
- the valve 76 is opened, whereby reversal of direction of the plunger 73 causes fluid to flow through conduit 74 into the waste container 77 .
- the diameter of the waste tube 74 is selected to be many times, 10 or more than that of the capillary, whereby substantially all of the fluid from the syringe is discharged into the waste. For example, if there is a factor of ten ratio in diameter, only 1/10,000 of the fluid will travel back through the capillary, a negligible amount.
- the pump is designed such that a predetermined movement of the plunger 73 will draw a known volume of sample through the capillary tube.
- the pump can be calibrated for each capillary by drawing a fluid into the pump by moving the plunger a known distance and then discharging the fluid and measuring the volume of the discharged fluid. Thereafter, for a given movement of the plunger, the volume of sample which flows through the analyzing volume is known. The volume can either be determined by measuring the movement of the plunger or measuring the time the plunger is moved if it is calibrated as a function of time.
- a syringe pump is described, other types of pumps which can draw known volumes of fluid through the capillary can be used.
- the capillary tubes are of rectangular configuration.
- FIGS. 7 and 8 show a capillary tube that includes an opaque coating 81 which is removed over an area 82 , FIG. 7 , or 83 , FIG. 8 .
- the beam projects through the window 82 which has a rectangular configuration to accept of the beam 24 .
- the slit masks the walls of the capillary tube and prevents diffraction of light by the walls. A combination of the two masks would confine the detected light to that emitted by a particle traveling through the capillary to block out any stray light.
- FIGS. 9 and 10 An example of the operation of the apparatus to analyze a sample containing particles which do not fluoresce, and particles which intrinsically fluoresce or are marked or tagged to fluoresce, at two different wavelengths, for example 580 nm and 675 nm, is now provided with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10 .
- the sample vial containing the particles is positioned to immerse the end of the capillary 11 in the sample.
- the sample is then drawn through the capillary by applying a control signal from the controller 121 to start the pump 71 .
- the controller receives the command from processor 122 .
- the pump 71 is driven at a constant rate whereby the volume of sample passing through the analyzing volume 19 can be measured by timing the counting period.
- the processor After sample has been drawn from the vial for a predetermined time to assure that the new sample has reached the volume 19 , the processor begins to process the output 29 from the scatter photodetector and the outputs 42 and 43 from the photodetectors and does so for a predetermined time which will represent a known volume of sample passing through the analyzing volume.
- the processing time is schematically illustrated in FIG. 10A by the curve 123 .
- FIG. 10B illustrates the output pulses 28 from the scatter detector. It is seen that there are individual particles which provide a trace 124 and a cluster of particles which provides a trace 126 .
- FIG. 10C shows traces 126 for particles which fluoresce at a first wavelength, for example 675 nm. Of note is the fact that the cluster 126 includes three such particles.
- FIG. 10D shows traces 127 for particles which fluoresce at another wavelength, for example 750 nm.
- the processor can call for a number of analyzing cycles.
- the processor instructs the controller to open the valve 76 and reverse the pump to discharge the analyzed sample into the waste 77 .
- a new sample cuvette can then be installed and a new sample analyzed.
- the processor can be configured to average the counts over a number of cycles and to process the counts to provide outputs representing the concentration of the various particles, the number of particles, etc. Using suitable labels or markers one can conduct viability assays and antibody screening assays or monitor apoptosis.
- the apparatus has been described for a two-color analysis it can easily be modified for four-color analysis.
- This is schematically shown in FIG. 11 .
- the input light beam 24 impinges upon the analyzing volume 19 .
- the photodetector 27 and associated lens 28 provide the scatter signal.
- the fluorescent light 31 is focused by lens 32 to pass through three dichroic beam splitters 81 , 82 and 83 which reflect light at three different wavelengths through filters 86 , 87 and 88 onto photodetectors 91 , 92 and 93 .
- the light at the fourth wavelength, passed by the three dichroic beam splitters 81 , 82 and 83 passes through filter 94 onto photodetector 96 .
- up to four different particles which intrinsically fluoresce or are labeled to fluoresce at four different wavelengths can be analyzed by choosing the proper reflecting wavelengths for the dichroic beam splitter and the filters.
- FIG. 12 schematically shows a system using a plurality of light sources (not shown) projecting light beams 106 , 107 and 108 to analyzing volumes 111 , 112 and 113 , which are at a predetermined distance apart.
- the scattered light indicated by arrows 114 , 116 , 117 is detected by individual detecting systems of the type described.
- the fluorescent light represented by arrows 118 , 119 and 121 is detected by individual analyzing systems of the type described above.
- This arrangement permits analyzing particles which have been tagged with different labels by selecting the wavelength of the light source to excite different fluorescent tags or markers.
- the plurality of light beams may project onto a single analyzing volume and the individual analyzing systems receive the different fluorescent wavelengths.
- a change in electrical current can detect the particles as they travel past spaced electrodes disposed on opposite sides of the flow path.
- a capillary 11 is shown with spaced electrodes 123 and 124 which extend into the capillary 11 .
- the electrodes are spaced along the capillary from the analyzing volume 19 .
- the electrically conductive working fluid is displaced and the resulting change in current (impedance) can be detected.
- This method avoids any laser noise problem. It is usually most convenient mechanically to place the electrodes along the fluid flow path either before or after the point where the laser beam 24 impinges onto the capillary.
- FIG. 14 shows the output signal 126 from the impedance cell sensor and the fluorescent signal 42 or 43 ( FIG.
- the particle detector includes a light source, for example a laser, whose output is optically focused by the optics 23 to form a thin, flat beam 24 as described above.
- the beam traverses the capillary 11 to define the detection volume 19 .
- the scatter detector includes an off-axis detector assembly including a collection lens 26 a and a detector 27 a .
- an off-axis detector assembly including a collection lens 26 a and a detector 27 a .
- an off-axis detector assembly As much as possible of the emitted fluorescent light from the tagged cells or particles is gathered or intercepted by an off-axis detector assembly. It can be gathered by a condenser lens as illustrated in FIG. 1 . However, in the present embodiment, it is collected by a light guide 141 which receives the light 142 and conveys it to the beam splitter 143 . The light beam is directed to optical filters 144 and 146 and directly to detectors 147 and 148 . The output signals from the detectors and the scatter signals are processed to provide particle counts, cell viability, antibody screening, etc.
- the analyzing apparatus detects particles in a sample fluid flowing through a capillary tube which has a sampling end for insertion into a sample fluid, and a pump coupled to the other end for drawing sample through the capillary.
- a light source is provided for projecting a beam of light through a predetermined analyzing volume of the capillary tube to excite fluorescence in particles that flow through the volume.
- At least one detector is disposed to receive the fluorescent light from excited particles and another detector is disposed to provide a signal representing all particles which flow through the analyzing volume. The output of said detectors provides signals which can be processed to provide the characteristics of the particles.
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